endwise
adverb
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adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English end Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English endwise From end + -wise.
- On-end; upright; pertaining or relating to the end.
“... modes to the exclusion of either radial arms or any specific curve, my invention not referring to these modes, but to neutralising the endwise pressure on the axis, as more particularly stated hereinafter in my claim of invention.”
“But the same slender member in bending and not in endwise compression can stand an extreme fiber stress several ...”
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English end Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English endwise From end + -wise.
- Upright, or standing on end.
- With the end towards the front or towards the observer.
- Towards the ends.